Category: Omega Watch

Today, before we open our talks, it goes without saying that there’s no popularity lost for the average replica Omega Speedy. Of course, I have to respect their history, what they have done for the major popularity of quality watchmaking, and so forth, but, generally speaking, the countless modern references of Speedmaster out there just don’t do anything for me. But then I found the Apollo 8 and thought, “that would be OK, maybe one more version won’t be the end of the world “.
The Apollo 8, from the very beginning, is somewhat odd duck. Between its special partially cutaway dial, bright yellow accents, a ceramic case, a particularly modified hand-winding calibre, there’s a lot going on here that ensures this piece isn’t your average Speedmaster dial variation. Its design is a tribute to the Apollo 8 mission that orbited the moon, and, as you can see from the imagery, there’s many “moon-ness” to its design.
Though it’s still a larger 44.25mm diameter case – a far cry from the more svelte OG Speedies – it is a touch thinner than most of its siblings on account of the calibre choice. The two biggest hurdles I cannot get past with Co-Axial Speedmasters is the thickness of their cases, and the stacked hour/minute chronograph subdials that impact legibility, and the Apollo 8 puts both of those issues to rest in one fell swoop. Functional fun aside, the dial and movement finishing of the Apollo 8 are a real treat. What appears initially as part of the dial is effectively the calibre’s mainplate, which has been blackened and then “laser-ablated” (per fake Omega documentation) in order to depict an interpretation of the moon’s surface. Out back, the balance cock and some bridges have been treated with the same process. While these changes have zero effect on running performance, the added contrast plays an important role in altering the appearance of Omega’s calibre 1869.
Black cases, in general, have a tendency of making replica watches appear a touch smaller on the wrist than their stainless steel siblings, and when connected with the added lightness of ceramic, its physical and visual heft is almost misleading. Don’t get me wrong, you’re not looking down and thinking this is a 42mm reference 145.022, but it’s by no means as overbearing as its Co-Axial cousins. As a finishing touch, its supple perforated leather strap with contrasting yellow stitching is quite cozy, and pulls the aesthetic package together wonderfully. The fact that they finish it off with a matching ceramic buckle is just icing on the cake.
Hence, has Omega replica converted me into a Speedy lover at the end of the day? The answer is no. Have they put an offering on the table that I can objectively look at and say, “I don’t care to have one of those, and would pleasantly recommend one to someone else”? I suppose I can safely say yes to that at the very least.

Honestly, when I see that a big brand listening to its customers I really cherish every one of those exotic and rare occasions . According to many of the brand’s devoted followers, some of Omega’s hot-sellers including the awesome Dark Side of the Moon series were just too wide and too thick for their own good, resulting that many fans have to give up their desired replica watches at the stores. In order to satisfy our customers’ request, the brand listened and brought us to another new rare occasions, this Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon Apollo 8 is coming. Even if this meant going against previous self-imposed rules or breaking through hitherto sacred glass ceilings in creativity. Look, it is the slimmest and most wearable Omega DSotM after all.
As my opinion, it is more important to understand that Omega turned against some hardcore rules with the Apollo 8 than knowing the Apollo 8 story inside out. At the begining, as we will see, the movement choice plays a major role in rendering this Apollo 8 as special as it is – and Omega’s choice of movement in itself is noteworthy for two reasons. Firstly, it is very rare that we see a big brand place a “lesser” movement into one of its higher-positioned collections; and yet, that is what happened here. The fancy, endlessly refined, high-tech co-axial automatic chronograph of other DSotM watches was replaced by a new spin on the 1861 hand-wound caliber – more details on this later. Secondly, it is perhaps even more rare that we see a major brand creatively customize one of its core movements and yet, Omega has really tired their best to make this watch ( as it is called caliber 1869 here) outstanding among the watch market.
Except the issue of movements, rolex replica has also shown off its capabilities of finally, which got genuinely creative with the original Moonwatch look and produced something that. Now it’s here, making me want to ask “why didn’t this happen sooner?” again, I think we’ll agree it is exceedingly rare that we see major brands take this much liberty with a core product. To make things better, Omega not only took things all the way, but have not chickened out of making the Speedmaster Apollo 8 a non-limited edition. The fact is that, now we have chance to get a cool new Speedmaster, it isn’t a limited edition shockingly, but will actually be available at boutiques, which is too successful to make you believe it completely.
We can see that the reduction in thickness is very noticeable and very awesome. The previous versions were quite a bit of a burger, something they made up for with their bad ass space-age, black/grey/white ceramic Speedmaster vibe. The Speedmaster Apollo 8 serves as a remarkably intelligent, creative, and likable middle-ground between the badassery of the DSotM series and the romantic Moon/NASA story-telling of the regular Moonwatch.
What should we say is that the non-limited edition Apollo 8 is the same 44.25mm wide as its previous, modern styled, Moon-themed ceramic counterparts from replica Omega, but it looks and wears considerably smaller due to a noticeable reduction in its thickness finally. This is made possible by Omega setting its fancy and complicated co-axial movements aside, all of which come equipped with automatic winding, replacing it with a customized version of the hand-wound caliber 1861 found in its classic Moonwatch and renamed to 1869 for this “Moonified” variant.
Because of losing the thick automatic winding construction, the case of the Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon Apollo 8 could be 2.5mm thinner than those of previous DSotM watches, so it’s “just” 13.8mm thick now. That’s still substantial, meaning that the watch can now lay flat on its lugs at last. So you have no excuse to miss this no-limited edition of Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon Apollo 8 watch!

Omega is looking to new things up in the coming days of summer with a cool new collection of NATO straps. The famous brand is launching a selection of 8 different NATOs along with an online configurator that makes you to know how they look with your Speedmaster or Planet Ocean.
The collection consists of three five-stripe fabric straps with stainless steel buckles and fitted keepers, such as the three nylon fabric straps with grey, orange or red border. A brown “Novonappa” leather strap and an all-black coated nylon fabric strap with fitted black keepers and polished buckle. Omega takes its inspiration for the new collection from the original British military NATOs, which were originally developed for safety reasons. With a collection of straps provided from the fake Omega, you can instantly change the look and feel of your watch.
Typical replica watches and bands use removable spring bars, a hazard in combat situations. Fixed bars for NATO straps were often soldered and therefore less likely to break, resulting in the loss of the watch, often a critical instrument for missions. The design of the NATO with its extra fabric and keepers also fixes the case in position. By accident, the term NATO for these straps did not originate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but rather referred to the NATO stocking number used by the British military for the straps, G10. Some purists prefer to refer to them that way. The replica Omega’s online configurator permits you to virtually test out the straps with a fake Omega timepiece. Omega is also selling tools to help you quickly change up the straps on your watch.Omega replica previously provided a grey and black NATO strap on its Seamster 300 Spectre Limited Edition, worn by Daniel Craig in the Bond movie of the same name. As a matter of fact, the NATO was Craig’s idea, motivated by Sean Connery, the original James Bond. However what appears to be a NATO on the Rolex “Big Crown” Submariner on Sean Connery’s wrist in Goldfinger, isn’t; an obvious point as the movie pre-dates the NATO’s creation by some years. While it is a nylon strap in regimental colors, it’s a traditional one-piece buckled strap and not a NATO. So, in fact, Craig was the first 007 to wear a NATO strap on screen. Off screen, when not contractually obligated to wear a Omega replica, he’s also been known to sport one on an original Big Crown Sub, part of his extensive Rolex collection. Therefore, if you have any straps from Omega, you could add them to your cheap watch collection.